Senate Tech & Energy Committee Proposed VoIP 911 Resolution

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Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 11:51:40 -0400 From: "Chris Gillett" Subject: Senate Tech & Energy Committee

We will likely be looking at a resolution much like the one attached at this Wednesday's committee hearing.

It will be submitted for introduction tomorrow, and then officially introduced on Wednesday.

Please let me know if you have any thoughts or concerns with this resolution.

Thank you!

Mr. Chris Gillett Legislative Director Senator Bruce Patterson P.O. Box 30036 Lansing MI 48909

517-373-7350 517-373-0753 (direct) 1-866-262-7307 517-373-9228 (fax) 517-281-8431 (cell) [Text of attached resolution follows:] ***Draft1*** Senator Patterson offered the following concurrent resolution: Senate Concurrent Resolution No.

A concurrent resolution to urge the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to use its authority post haste to require that VOIP service providers make enhanced 9-1-1 emergency services available to all customers.

Whereas, Access to enhanced 9-1-1 emergency services is vital to the health and safety of Michigan's citizens. Enhanced 9-1-1 emergency services route 9-1-1 calls to the designated dispatch center for the caller's location, provide the caller's name, call back number, and location, even when the caller cannot speak; and

Whereas, The public has an expectation that by dialing 9-1-1 they will immediately reach a trained responder who can provide emergency assistance, regardless of the type of phone service and whether it operates on the public switched telephone network, wireless networks, or the Internet; and

Whereas, Many VOIP service providers offer a very limited level of 9-1-1 service or they offer no 9-1-1 service at all. Additionally, there is a very real likelihood that a 9-1-1 call from a VOIP telephone will be lost, delayed, or misrouted; and Whereas Significant growth in the use and availability of VOIP telephony services, which may be indistinguishable from traditional public switched telephone services, is expected in the near future. More than four hundred vendors are now selling VOIP; and Whereas, The FCC has declared that a certain type of VOIP service is not subject to traditional state public utility regulation. The FCC nullified a state attempt to require a VOIP service provider to offer emergency 9-1-1 service comparable to that provided by incumbent phone companies. The FCC makes clear that it, and not state commissions, has the responsibility and obligation to decide whether certain regulations, including enhanced 9-1-1 rules, apply to Internet Protocol-enabled services like VOIP. Recognizing that the FCC has the power to preempt state regulations that thwart or impede federal authority over interstate communications; now, therefore, be it Resolved, by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), that we urge the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to use its authority post haste to require that VOIP service providers make enhanced 9-1-1 emergency services available to all customers; and be it further Resolved, that copies of this resolution be transmitted to the Federal Communications Commission. R 0186'05

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